All the items on this
page are from a private collection.
Some are shipwreck
finds, others, from land finds.
ALL items have
been confirmed as being legally obtained.
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and finally, code numbers with cobs
refer to listing numbers in Dan Sedwicks, "Practical Book of Cobs", 4th edition.
circa 1525, Unknown Bahama Wreck

Tumbaga Burial Idol - Land Find
1200's - 1500's |
Tumbaga Bar

Assayer - BVO Owner - Hernan Cortez
Reign - Charles V
2295.2 grams (5.06 lb) - 73.4% silver, 6.2% gold
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Assayer stamp, markings.
Assayer bite on corner. |
circa 1550, "Golden Fleece Wreck"
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Silver Splash - 532 grams w/partial stamps |

partial stamps for Charles 1 |
Nuestra Senora de Atocha, Sept. 6, 1622
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8 reale, Potosi, Assayer T (1618-1621), 22.7g
P21 |

Atocha sister ship, 1500fsw, ROV recovered |

4 reale, Potosi, 8.7g |
Nuestra Senora de Concepcion, 1641

Rigging pin w/lock |

Cargo hook |

Deck nails |

Copper sheathing |

Duke Long signed print,
8 reale, shard |
Port Royal, Jamaica, June 4th, 1692

Pewter tankard, accorns, stamp |

Chinese Bowl |

Dutch East Indies, VOC, Pistol |

Chinese Jarlet, Quing Dynasty
"Live a Long and Prosperous Life" |

Pewter Plate |

Glass Ink Well |

Musket Balls |

Pipe bowls/fragments/stamps |

8 reale, Potosi, Assayer V, 1679
P39 |

(2) 8 reale clump, 16(79)
P37 |
July 30, 1715 Spanish Fleet

Kang Hsi - Beach find |

Keel spike |

Deck pin |

Musket part |

Partial buckle |

Pottery Shards |

Rigging and bolt |

Spike |

Partial Pewter Plate Rim |

Spike |
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Lead patch w/canvass imprint |

Animal (meal) bones |

Copper sheathing |

(2) encrusted 1 or 2 reales in coral |

Copper Fork |
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Drawer Pull, Captains Cabin |

Copper sheath w/stamp |

Musket Balls |

Hemp rope fragment |

Copper nails |

Cannon balls |

Partial candlestick holder |

Copper nail head |

Silver Ewer - E110 |
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July 15, 1733 Spanish Fleet

Fire brick |

Leather shoe sole - Art McKee |

Pewter spoon fragments |

Casted pewter cufflinks |

Kang Hsi fragments Art McKee |
Cob Collection
 1
reale - Mexico Assayer - F 1589 - 1617 (various periods) |

8 reale - Potosi
Assayer B (4th period)
1589 - 1592(?) P12 |

2 reales - Toledo
Assayer - C 1591- 1596 |

1 reale - Toledo Assayer - C 1591- 1596 |

8 reale - Potosi
Assayer - B
1596(?) - 1600(?) P14 |
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4 reales -
1715 fleet
Mexico - Assayer F
1610 - 1617 M17 |

8 reale, 1715 fleet
Mexico - Assayer F
1610 - 1617 M17 |

1 reale, 16(3?)x
Mexico - Assayer - P M19 |

8 reales - Potosi
Assayer - R (1648)
1646 - 1648 P31 |

8 reales - Potosi Assayer - O w/center dot 1649 - 1651
P35 |

Minor
Transitional - 2 reale
Potosi - Assayer E, 1654 P37a |

8 reale, 1684
Lima - Assayer - V
L6 |

1 reale - 1673 Potosi - Assayer E P37b |

1 reale - 167x
Potosi - Assayer E
P37b
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8 reale - Potosi
Assayer VR - 1696 P40 |

8 reales, 1715 fleet
Mexico - Assayer J
1705 - 1715 (1724) M22 |

8 reales - Mexico
Assayer - J
1705 - 1724 M22 |

8 reale, 1715 fleet
Beach Find |

(3) 8 reales, (1) 4 reale clump,
1715 fleet - Art McKee |

8 reale, 1715 fleet, Eight Reale Corp. |

8 reales - 1715 fleet
Beach find |
 (2) 2 reales - 1715 fleet |

Encrusted cobs - 1715 fleet |
 1
reale, 1732 Potosi - Assayer - M
P44 |
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8 reales
possible counterfeit |

8 reale - ?
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1 reale |

1 reale, PLVS |

Maravedis, several dated |
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Looking for info. on this cob
EMAIL ME |
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1 reale, thin Looking for info. on this cob
EMAIL ME |
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Bowls, Bottles, Jars

Encrusted Ming Dynasty Bowl
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 unknown Dutch bottle |

clay Duck Bowl
1600's
Land find |

clay Fish Bowl
1600's
Land find |

Green glass bottle
David recovery |
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dark glass square bottle |

dark glass, tall bottle |

dark glass, medium bottle |

dark glass, short bottle |

green glass Onion bottle |
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early 1700's Olive jar, "qE" stamp |
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early 1600's live jar |
Misc. Artifacts
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Green Jade Pendant |

1554 Padre Island Wreck Spikes |

Door knocker |

Navigational Dividers |

Navigational Dividers |
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Torpedo bottles and spike
HMS Rhone - 1867
Burt Kilbride gift |

Spanish Colonial Brass stirrup |

1600's pipe fragments |

Copper pitcher - Land find |
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Pistol - 186? |

Fossilized camels teeth |

Military Buttons |

Training Ordinance |

Aztec Copper Axe Money
circa 1200 A.D. |
Picture Coming Soon!
Rapier Sword Blade
1690's Spanish Military Wreck |
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16th-17th C. Navigator's Cannon |
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16th-17th C. Portuguese Cannon |
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17th C. Netherlands Signal Cannon |

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